Obi Chris Kenobi

I think he asked for his release, there was a 'copy and paste' job about it somewhere, I think its in the 'Comments...' thread.

Wow really? I think I'm just missing out on it, don't get me wrong, was really fun to play (I played on medium) but I don't think I could play through it again, not at the moment, maybe in a month or so.

That's Toriyama character designs for ya. Dragon Ball/DBZ, Dragon Quest, Tobal and even Chrono Trigger all look basically exactly the same. Dragon Quest VIII looks almost exactly like the DBZ characters are all in disguise in an RPG. "Oh hey, there's Mr. Satan as a gypsy fortune teller! Oh look, Android 18 is a barmaid in a bunny costume!" It might have been a Dragon Quest game after all then, I can picture it in my mind, Shu standing on a rock with a bottle on his Belt, and his Grandfather behind him. Could you expand on that a little? Is the grinding indeed a problem? Is enemy avoidance as bad as I'd heard? Is the pacing poor and riddled with drawn-out grind-fests, fetching, or just general RPG-filler like that? Does the game try to be long for the sake of being long, rather than wrapping up before it's overstayed it's welcome? As for how it feels like a chore - I don't know, I just don't feel like playing on it, when I load it up, I feel like the game hasn't gripped me enough into actually going to the next village like I've been asked. Then I realize 'oh shit there's a whole other disk after this'. There's alot of walk around and talk to people type of things, as in any RPG, which I don't mind, and a few 'WALK THROUGH THIS VALLEY SINCE ITS QUICKER!' moments, even though it never is and the valley always has 1000 monsters waiting to bite your balls. The storyline itself is ok, crazy old guy has machines and magic he wants to destroy everything, he destroyed you little village you go and stop and gain friends on the way. I personally don't feel the enemy avoidance is that bad, you can learn a skill 'stealth' that makes it hard for them to spot you, as well as 'field spells' like 'barrier' and 'stun bomb' that either automatically defeats enemies you've defeated before at the cost of some MP, or stuns then for a few seconds to run around them. There's even a nice little touch where certain types of monsters will fight each other for you - Hamster eating the Nut monster, Dog eating the Skeletons, etc. Actually, this is another reason I don't feel too engaged into the game, the monster types, I'm just not 'feeling it'. That might sound like a real cop out reason for not like a game, but I'm just not feeling the Monster Types. I know they're tried and testing, but its just too generic and too clichéd and apart from the 'Monster Battle' (where they fight each other) there's nothing new to them. Same old, Same old - this game is basically like every other RPG you've played before. The shadow system is pretty cool, I'm enjoying that, though I can see why some people might be annoyed with the time and grinding you'd have to put in to get a decent selection of abilities to make a good Shadow. There's basically a 8 or so different type of dragon, each type has its own unique skills, however, you can use any of the skills unlocked to form a custom dragon. Example - Shu starts off as a Sword Master dragon, so he has all the sword master abilities, however, I switched him to guardian and unlocked some of the guardian skills, and now he's got a mixture of Sword Master and Guardian skills. Though to do that you have to level up alot to unlock new Shadow types, and then you'll have to level up General type Shadow so you can have more then 4 skills. It won't make that much sense until you play it. I like it, but again it'll require alot of time (not much effort) to do it. There's also a nice bit where you get to design and make a ring (at the start of the 2nd disk), though I'm not sure how many more moments there are like that in the game, I'm hoping its not a one off thing as it was pretty unique and felt fun - at least for me. Like I said, I think the main problem for me is I feel like I've played this game before, nothing seems fresh or new. I also could have really done without Poo Monsters, I mean I like my shit and fart jokes as much as the next person, but there was just something about having alot of monsters made out of Poo that annoyed me. I have no idea why. I suddenly felt this game was aimed at kids. A mixture of having played games for over 10 years now, and a lack of originality in general. This game IS just Final Fantasy without the Franchise Title, it would be silly to suggest otherwise. The demo will give you an idea of the game, though it kind of just throws you into the middle of the game so you won't have a real idea of what the hell is going on. I still haven't got up to the part where Kluke gets the thing around her neck.

I am so looking forward to 2008

I'm onto disk2 and its ok, but the achievement points on it are stupid - I'm by no way an achievement whore, but I do like to get a few hundred a game at least. The ones in BD are just absurd and annoying. A lot of grinding ones, and alot of 'oh shit, I missed that one now I have to start a new game to get it'. Which on an RPG where you have to play for hours to get to that point is shit. Infact, I'd go as far as to say right now I feel like Blue Dragon feels like a chore to play. While above I said that BD is probably the closest thing to what AndrewTS was looking for in a game, it certainly doesn't mean its the best game out ever, just the shit that's floated to the top in a weak string of games over the years. I feel like I've played this game before, there's nothing original about it. Even the Characters feel like they're from a PS2 game, or some Anime movie I might have seen - at first I thought 'Dragon Quest' on the PS2, but I checked at work and it wasn't that, but I'm pretty sure these characters have appeared in another game. Shu's Grandfather looks all too familiar. I good feature is searching the scenery around you to gain items, though that becomes tiresome after a while. POO MONSTERS? No thanks. I'll probably be trading this game in without even sniffing disk3, as Halo3 is out soon and I'll be more then happy to play the generic shoot 'em up with all the hype and online gameplay, then this rehashed and clichéd semi hyped no online RPG.

On reflection (no pun) I have to say that Bioshock hasn't really blown me out of the water (pun). I have no desire to replay it, having finished it. How do others feel?

They're ok, but they'd much better off early-mid 90s, they just feel very dated. And, obviously, since its just him and his mixing board alot of the, even totally different, just sound the same since its the same gear making the noise. I wouldn't be surprised to find out he uses the same crap I use to make his songs - Pro Tools & Guitar Pro (For creating backing tracks )

I'm still trying to work out who that girl is in your av, unless its just some random Spring Break bint?

£40 for 12 months, not sure what it is in $$$ The older 360s had poor motherboard/cooling design, so overheated and melted the solder on the CPU which caused DEATH. Those 360s (not sure on the newer ones) are under a 3 year warrenty with Microsoft, so if you get 3 redlights you can send them back and get it repaired or a refurbished one sent your way instead. 360s in store now should be the newer designs with the HDmi and updated motherboards, so they should hopefully not fuck up.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAH! That was fucking amazing, I was just thinking that Lethal is looking really good against Angle, then my heart sank when Angle went for the Angle Slam, COUNTER OMG... Anklelock.. awww ROLL UP! OH SWEET!!! I laughed like a twat for about 10 minutes due to pure joy - then Dustin Rhodes appeared.

So, you marry Ric Flair then divorce him and get his money?

I guess Blue Dragon comes to mind, but even that doesn't have 'New Game+', though I haven't finished it yet so it might do.

And you won't have to wait like 2-3 hours to download the content before you can play.

What's the deal with PS3 games running low FPS at the moment - well by games I mean the one above and Madden08 (Which isn't out till October over here in the UK)

Too bad Hennig wasn't still around. Imagine a mark out moment if Mr. Perfect were to bust out that sports jacket and revise the "executive consultant" role once again. I think that right there would end all the talk about "Credibility" issues. Bobby Heenan! How's he doing anyway, he seems ok in the DVDs he's appeared on giving his comments on the past. Is his throat really that shot he'd be no use to WWE right now? I'd mark out like a kiddie if he appeared on my screen again.

Maybe its Hunter picking them so he doesn't get internet heat for hotshotting himself into the Main Event scene?

Oh there was nothing worse then Proximity Mines and dying in Goldeneye - as everyone knew where the respawn points were after about 5 minutes of playing. Though that was fun, so were the strange warp points in the level. Like shooting the strange doors in the Caves only for you bullets to appear half way across the map on a wall.

Florida is a short plane ride from Houston - think of TNA as semi-retirement. I wonder if TNA would use his school as an official development territory. TNA is rumored to be getting two hours starting in October... Wouldn't that be rubbing salt into the wounds of WWE - ouch!

I thought people were really keen on Ghostbusters3 having Owen and Luke Wilson and co taking over the business, that would have been pretty cool. And welcome to the world of Ghostbusters OP!

Yeah he left with Michael Shane, Brother Spike aaaaaaaaand someone else, oh the Bashams.

Doesn't Kid Kash have huge heat on him within TNA? I'm sure I've read that but I've never been able to find out why. And this isn't really Jimmy Rave's TNA Debut, he was fighting way back when during the early weeks of the weekly PPVs, though he didn't do much, in a few tag matches.

Perfect Dark was a let down compared to Goldeneye64 for me. You turn the corner and the guard runs to press the alarm - WHAT THE FUCK! Since when did enemies do that in computer games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYUCURU1HU Tony Schiavone in TNA bitching about how he wishes he had cool shirts like Don West (Perhaps), the main thing that made me laugh was the cool signs in the background during the 'argument'.